Object

Village Housing Options and Settlement Boundaries

Representation ID: 61063

Received: 19/01/2014

Respondent: Mrs Caroline Wilkie

Representation Summary:

The facilities on Hatton Park are not adequate for the number of households currently there.

The public transport connections are not "good" as described and extra housing will cause more traffic problems.

New building should not be allowed on Green Belt land.

Full text:

Hatton Park has inadequate facilities for the current population. The shop is too small and cannot be described in any way as a "Supermarket". There is no school or GP surgery within walking distance which means any extra households would use additional cars. Although the document describes Hatton Park as having "good public transport connections" the existing 68 bus service takes half an hour to get to Warwick, stops at 7pm at night, and does not run on Sundays.

The existing road infrastructure is already clogged at Peak times.

Additional housing would damage the eco-system of Smith's Covert, one of the last local ancient woodlands with much wildlife.

Current local primary schools are already over-subscribed.

The land around the boundary of Hatton Park is Green Belt and I do not agree that the settlement boundary should be extended on to Green Belt land.